Dave Johnson
David Wayne Johnson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: October 24, 1959 in Baltimore, MD
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 1987
Final Game: September 19, 1993
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 27 PIT NL 0 0 9.95 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 13 7 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 31 41 2.368 18.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
1989 29 BAL AL 4 7 .364 4.23 14 14 0 4 0 0 89.1 90 44 42 11 28 1 26 4 2 0 378 89 1.321 9.1 1.1 2.8 2.6 0.93
1990 30 BAL AL 13 9 .591 4.10 30 29 0 3 0 0 180.0 196 83 82 30 43 2 68 3 2 1 758 94 1.328 9.8 1.5 2.2 3.4 1.58
1991 31 BAL AL 4 8 .333 7.07 22 14 4 0 0 0 84.0 127 68 66 18 24 3 38 4 0 0 393 56 1.798 13.6 1.9 2.6 4.1 1.58
1993 33 DET AL 1 1 .500 12.96 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 13 12 3 5 1 7 2 0 1 46 33 2.160 14.0 3.2 5.4 7.6 1.40
5 Seasons 22 25 .468 5.11 77 57 9 7 0 0 368.0 439 215 209 63 102 7 143 13 4 2 1606 76 1.470 10.7 1.5 2.5 3.5 1.40
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .468 5.11 39 29 5 4 0 0 187 223 109 106 32 52 4 73 7 2 1 815 76 1.470 10.7 1.5 2.5 3.5 1.40
BAL (3 yrs) 21 24 .467 4.84 66 57 4 7 0 0 353.1 413 195 190 59 95 6 132 11 4 1 1529 80 1.438 10.5 1.5 2.4 3.4 1.39
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.95 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 13 7 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 31 41 2.368 18.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 12.96 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 13 12 3 5 1 7 2 0 1 46 33 2.160 14.0 3.2 5.4 7.6 1.40
AL (4 yrs) 22 25 .468 5.03 72 57 6 7 0 0 361.2 426 208 202 62 100 7 139 13 4 2 1575 77 1.454 10.6 1.5 2.5 3.5 1.39
NL (1 yr) 0 0 9.95 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 13 7 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 31 41 2.368 18.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 27 PIT NL 5 31 29 7 13 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 .448 .484 .690 1.174 .500 20 3 0 0 0 0
1989 29 BAL AL 14 378 340 44 90 17 2 11 0 6 28 26 .265 .325 .424 .749 .258 144 6 4 3 3 1
1990 30 BAL AL 30 758 700 83 196 43 2 30 1 4 43 68 .280 .321 .476 .797 .273 333 17 3 5 7 2
1991 31 BAL AL 22 393 364 68 127 20 2 18 3 3 24 38 .349 .394 .563 .958 .353 205 6 4 0 1 3
1993 33 DET AL 6 46 38 13 13 1 0 3 0 0 5 7 .342 .435 .605 1.040 .345 23 1 2 0 1 1
5 Seasons 77 1606 1471 215 439 81 8 63 4 13 102 143 .298 .347 .493 .840 .294 725 33 13 8 12 7
162 Game Avg. 39 815 746 109 223 41 4 32 2 7 52 73 .298 .347 .493 .840 .294 368 17 7 4 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 29 BAL AL 14 14 4 7 3 0 2 5 9 .357 2 1 4 0 7 50% 49 72 28 11 7 7 2 3.1 3.4 6.4 91 4 3 6 1 134
1990 30 BAL AL 30 29 13 9 7 4 2 16 13 .552 1 2 3 0 14 48% 49 72 28 27 11 1 9 4.4 4.7 6.2 89 9 11 8 1 129
1991 31 BAL AL 22 14 2 8 4 1 1 4 10 .286 1 3 0 0 3 21% 34 66 9 21 6 2 8 3.8 4.0 4.4 75 7 6 1 0 106
3 Seasons 66 57 19 24 14 5 5 25 32 .439 4 6 7 0 24 42% 45 72 9 59 24 10 19 4.0 4.2 5.8 86 20 20 15 2 134
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1987 27 PIT NL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.132 0 1 3 0 0 5 1 4 2 1 2 1 3.8
1990 30 BAL AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0.917 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 8
1991 31 BAL AL 22 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 5 0.901 3 1 4 0 3 5 5 3 7 0 7 1 8.3 37
1993 33 DET AL 6 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 0.561 2 0 4 0 1 5 2 4 4 1 4 1 4.2 25
4 Seasons 63 20 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 16 80% 0.879 5 3 11 0 4 16 9 11 13 3 13 3 5.5 30

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 27 PIT NL 31 48% 3.2% 12.9% 6.5% 9.7% 23% 4.00 77% 11 3 27%
1989 29 BAL AL 378 47% 2.9% 6.9% 7.4% 7.9% 33% 0.48 0.59 81% 22% 6.3% 17% 71 6 8%
1990 30 BAL AL 758 50% 4.0% 9.0% 5.7% 9.9% 38% 0.53 0.67 80% 18% 8.4% 14% 120 17 14%
1991 31 BAL AL 393 54% 4.6% 9.7% 6.1% 10.2% 32% 0.58 0.73 79% 27% 9.8% 11% 84 6 7%
1993 33 DET AL 46 54% 6.5% 15.2% 10.9% 8.7% 31% 0.60 0.80 63% 19% 17.6% 15% 16 1 6%
5 Seasons 1606 50% 3.9% 8.9% 6.4% 9.5% 35% 0.53 0.68 80% 21% 8.4% 14% 302 33 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 29 BAL AL 378 1276 3.38 786 62% 25% 7% 27% 41% 74% 1% 46% 91% 52% 5% 19 11 14% 53 30 3 46% 5 7 0 0 1
1990 30 BAL AL 758 2576 3.40 1627 63% 26% 7% 27% 40% 74% 1% 47% 90% 55% 4% 30 18 17% 128 60 5 51% 8 10 0 0 2
1991 31 BAL AL 393 1340 3.41 836 62% 25% 9% 27% 39% 75% 1% 47% 88% 57% 5% 20 14 18% 71 41 5 39% 12 3 0 0 0
1993 33 DET AL 46 149 3.24 87 58% 26% 16% 21% 37% 74% 2% 43% 78% 61% 9% 4 0 13% 6 2 1 14% 1 3 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1575 5341 3.39 3336 62% 26% 8% 27% 40% 74% 1% 46% 89% 55% 5% 73 43 16% 258 133 14 45% 26 23 0 0 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 27 PIT NL 31 13 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 5 3 1 60% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 29 BAL AL 378 90 8 2 11 0 7 7 4 5 6 16 10 0 63% 4 0 0 130 0 6 0% 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 0
1990 30 BAL AL 758 196 9 0 30 0 3 15 15 12 18 29 18 2 62% 4 1 0 253 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 12 0
1991 31 BAL AL 393 127 31 0 18 1 13 8 10 10 8 21 14 3 67% 1 0 1 147 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1993 33 DET AL 46 13 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 6 4 0 67% 3 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 1606 439 49 2 63 1 30 31 32 30 33 77 49 6 64% 12 2 1 565 4 13 24% 4 12 0 0 0 1 6 4 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 27 0 0 9.95 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 13 7 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 31 41 2.368 18.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00 41
1988 28 0 0 9.95 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 13 7 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 31 41 2.368 18.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00 41
1989 29 4 7 .364 4.61 19 14 3 4 0 0 95.2 103 51 49 12 30 1 30 4 2 0 409 82 1.390 9.7 1.1 2.8 2.8 1.00 82
1990 30 17 16 .515 4.28 49 43 3 7 0 0 275.2 299 134 131 42 73 3 98 7 4 1 1167 89 1.349 9.8 1.4 2.4 3.2 1.34 89
1991 31 21 24 .467 4.93 71 57 7 7 0 0 359.2 426 202 197 60 97 6 136 11 4 1 1560 78 1.454 10.7 1.5 2.4 3.4 1.40 78
1992 32 21 24 .467 4.93 71 57 7 7 0 0 359.2 426 202 197 60 97 6 136 11 4 1 1560 78 1.454 10.7 1.5 2.4 3.4 1.40 78
1993 33 22 25 .468 5.11 77 57 9 7 0 0 368.0 439 215 209 63 102 7 143 13 4 2 1606 76 1.470 10.7 1.5 2.5 3.5 1.40 76

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 27 0 0 12.60 5.0 13 8 7 1 2 3 0 3.000 23.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 1.8 5
1989 29 3 6 .333 5.20 83.0 96 53 48 12 30 24 4 1.518 10.4 3.3 2.6 0.80 1.3 14
1990 30 7 11 .389 4.96 167.0 209 102 92 32 46 63 3 1.527 11.3 2.5 3.4 1.37 1.7 30
1991 31 1 7 .125 8.42 77.0 133 80 72 19 25 35 4 2.052 15.5 2.9 4.1 1.40 2.2 22
1993 33 0 0 12.00 9.0 13 13 12 3 5 8 2 2.000 13.0 5.0 8.0 1.60 3.0 6
5 Seasons 11 24 .314 6.10 341.0 464 256 231 67 108 133 13 1.677 12.2 3.5 1.23 1.8 77

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  2.150 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 AL  30 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  6. Tim Pugh (973)
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  8. Bill Beckmann (971)
  9. Andy Sonnanstine (970)
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